Comforting Thoughts For Living – Page 1

The Shepherd's Psalm ......... Psalm 23

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil; for thou art with me;

Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:

Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

May You Have ........

Enough happiness to keep you sweet, Enough trials to keep you strong, Enough hope to keep you happy, Enough failure to keep you humble, Enough success to keep you eager, Enough friends to give you comfort, Enough wealth to meet your needs, Enough enthusiasm to look forward, Enough faith to banish depression, Enough determination to make each day a better day than yesterday:

Anonymous

Uplifting

It was 9:00 am on a gloomy Monday and the elevator was filled with grumpy office workers. As the car started up, the elevator man began humming a tune and dancing a little jig.

"You seem to be happy to-day," said one passenger glumly.

"Yes sir," was the reply, "I have never lived this day before."

This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Life's Treasure

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on. Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn baby. No baby can ever be far from the throne of God, the Source of all life, of all creation.

Inspirational Notes

We cannot build our life structures aright without upper rooms.
Cellars we have, stored with fuel and provisions — they are needed.
Kitchens and dining rooms where food is cooked and served — man does not live by bread alone; neither does he live without bread.
Living rooms and libraries with facilities for mental and social life — they are good; we need them in our homes.
But an upper room, facing squarely upon the sky, looking upon a horizon bonded by nothing nearer than the stars and the being of God! Have that room also — go up into it, away from the noise and fuss of the ground floor, to be alone with Him! Wait upon the Lord that you may gain peace and poise and self-control. How flat and thin and dull are those lives which have in them no "upper rooms".

Some Thoughts on Happiness

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."    Abraham Lincoln

"Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."  Marcus Aurelius

"It's good to have money and the things that money can buy; but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things that money can't buy."  G H Lorimer

"Think yourself happy. Give thanks for all the good in your life. Compliment your family; that helps them to be happy. If we appreciate what we love, it always becomes more. If we belittle what we have, it always becomes less."  D Goodman from The Art of Appreciation

One Solitary Life

He was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in still another village, where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was thirty. Then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family or owned a house. He didn't go to college. He never visited a big city. He never traveled two hundred miles from the place where he was born.

He did none of the things one usually associates with greatness. He had no credentials but himself. He was only thirty-three when the tide of public opinion turned against him. His friends ran away. He was turned over to his enemies and went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executioners gambled for his clothing; the only property he had on earth. When he was dead, he was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen centuries have come and gone, and to-day he is the central figure of the human race and the leader of mankind's progress. All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life on this earth as much as that One Solitary Life.

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